Happy 11 Years!

Happy 11 years Chad!

Things I love about Chad:
Is my BEST friend
Loving
Honest
Hard working
Funny
Forgiving
Has a tender heart
Amazing Dad
Reliable
Smart
His testimony of the gospel
Active

I am so happy I was able to convince Chad to marry me! We have had so much fun and have been very blessed. The best things are our 3 amazing kids! Thanks for the best years of my life!

His new obsession

Austin loves the bath tub. Always has. But now he has taken his love to an obsession! Anytime we walk past the bathroom, he squirms to try to go in. Anytime he hears someone in the bath or shower he cries because he wants in.
The other day while I was doing my hair he kept crying. I normally leave him on the floor in my room to play. He clearly knew I was in there and wanted in. He already had his bath that morning and I was not going to give him another one. So I brought him in, put him in the tub fully dressed with some toys, and he was so happy! This little trick is awesome if I need to get something done like folding laundry. I sit on the floor in my room, and he plays with toys in the tub. This seems to be the only place he is content. Water or no water this kid loves the tub!

Bon Jovi

For Christmas Chad got me Bon Jovi Concert tickets. We went Tuesday night, and had so much fun! Jon and the boys put on an awesome show! Would I do it again...Yep!
The crowd was just as fun to watch. You had the "old lady" groupies that looked like RS president material. They sat in their seats the whole time with maybe a slight head bob now and then. Then you had the concert die hards. They stood the whole time grooving in their own little world. Then we did see a few that dressed up for the occasion with their stone washed denim and the big hair band wigs--awesome!

Home Improvements

Finally our list of home improvements are done. I am so glad that Chad is such a handyman and was able to get these done for me. I'm sure that every time I mention I want to go to Home Depot or Lowes he cringes. Knowing that the small project always turns into more then he bargained for.

Here's our list:

• Kitchen Cabinets
• Bathroom Counter Tops
• Bathroom Plumbing
• Kitchen Faucet
• Fresh Coat of Paint for Bathrooms and Kitchen

Kitchen Before:
(more Pictures here)

Kitchen After:

Bathroom Before:
Lovely peach counter top.

Bathroom After:

Bathroom Before:
Ah, the blue and white zest swirl with a hint of gold glitter.
It doesn't get better than this!

Bathroom After:

New Kitchen Faucet.
I don't have a before, but it was not pretty.

Friday Night with my Boys

Chad spent Friday night with the guys. So that meant that I got to spend Friday night with my guys. We had a blast. We started the night off with pizza and a movie and ended it with eating cookie dough straight from the tub with spoons. It doesn't get any better than that!

The boys couldn't believe that I was going to just sit there and let them eat cookie dough like that. Little do they know, their mom does it all the time!

He's Sweet

Last Sunday Luke came out of Sunbeams with a cupcake. From the minute I saw it I wanted it. I am slightly above taking cupcakes from a three year old, so I refrained and thought I would just make my own when we got home. I was not happy to find out that I didn't have any cake mixes so now I couldn't have a cupcake. I decided to just have a nap instead. When I woke up I could smell this yummy smell from downstairs. When I got down to the kitchen Chad had made me cupcakes from scratch!

Let me start by saying that Chad is a really good cook. He cooks the majority of the meals at our house. I can cook but I really don't like to. He enjoys it, so it works out. Now on the other hand, I do like to bake, and can pull most things off, Chad usually can too.

Here are the cupcakes Chad made for me:

After they were done, he also told me that he had melted my measuring cup and my oven was a mess.

The next day I made cupcakes.

They turned out fantastic. This one is for you babe!

Rednecks

One morning during breakfast Chad thought he would make the kids laugh and came down wearing a mustache. They thought it was funny and wanted to have a turn. Lucky for us Chad had a 7 pack--one for everyday of the week.

We thought it would be funny to put one on Austin. He didn't seem to mind.
Then we put on a different one. Now he looked tough.

Now all he needed was glasses to complete his look.

There's a new sheriff in town...
Then Blake had his go with one...yes those are his real teeth.
Then I thought I would have a crack at it...
BIG MISTAKE!
It instantly turned me into a man....with a nice Kentucky waterfall!
Chad darn near wet himself while he was taking the picture. If I ever start to grow facial hair I am screwed, or Chad is one lucky man to have such a versatile wife.